This announcement came at the wake of two fatal roadaccidents that happened last week. In both incidents, vehicle collision occurred due to discretionary right turns, causing two deaths.

These accidents also prompted an online petition. Started five days ago, the petition has gathered over 16,000 signatures.

Although new safety measures will be in place to enhance road safety, the authority has urged motorists and pedestrians to play their part by “exercising good road safety practices”.

“For motorists, these include slowing down at junctions, signalling and paying attention to road situations,” said LTA. “Road users must observe traffic rules at all times and exercise patience and care to ensure their own safety as well as that of others.”

Since the beginning of this year, the Traffic Police (TP) has seen a rise in road traffic fatalities and fatal accidents. According to Yahoo News, the TP has recorded 36 fatal accidents and 38 deaths, an increase of three fatal accidents and four deaths from last year within the same period.

As highlighted in our previous article, the main causes of fatal accidents were failing to keep a proper lookout and failing to have proper control of the vehicle.

With this added programme by LTA, we hope this will help reduce fatal accidents and deaths in Singapore. Motorists, however, should still exercise caution and patience when driving on the road.

What are your thoughts on this new programme by LTA? Let us know in the comments below.

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